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Industry News        Iron Man Grows and Speed Racer Slows at the Box Office
The Marvel Studios film didn’t lose any momentum during its second weekend in theaters earning an impressive $50.5 million...

Marvel Super Hero Squad to the Rescue
Marvel Entertainment and video game publisher THQ, Inc. have recently partnered in an effort to bring video games featuring the Marvel Super Hero Squad to the public...

Animation Book Look
This weekend, Van Eaton Galleries and The Creative Talent Network are co-hosting the second Animation Book Look signing and sales event...

Grand Theft Auto 4 Earns Over $500 Million in First Week
Last week, the Take Two Interactive video game Grand Theft Auto 4 saw the largest launch in entertainment history...

2008 New York Comic Con Overwhelming Success for GEM
New York, April 18-20, 2008 was a weekend to remember for the lucky Geppi’s Entertainment Museum staff...

Rochester Collectible & Vintage Toy Show
The Rochester Collectible and Vintage Toy Show will showcase a wide array of toys and collectibles...

Watch the First Seven Minutes of Speed Racer
Premiering in theaters today, Speed Racer is the live action adaptation of the anime series created by innovative anime artist Tatsuo Yoshida...

Greater York Antiques Show and Sale Coming Soon
Here at Geppi’s Entertainment, we had always known of Pennsylvania’s rich market for antiques and collectibles...

Sparkle City's Jay Maybruck Speaks
One of the most influential and controversial figures in the history of the comic book trade will conduct a rare interview with...

Upcoming Events
See what's going on in the world of collecting this week...

Blast Off For Carl Barks’ “Twenty-Four Carat Moon!”
Uncle Scrooge #375 also has two Don Rosa pin-ps!

In Memoriam: Danton Burroughs
Danton Burroughs unexpectedly passed away last Wednesday, April 30, 2008 at his home in Tarzana...

Curator's Column
This week's news from GEM curator Arnold Blumberg...

Disney Closing 100 Stores
Disney has reacquired a bankrupt chain of Disney Stores from Hoop Holdings, a subsidiary of the Children’s Place Retail Stores Inc...

Spotlight Book: Walt Disney’s Mickey Mouse in Color
Thank goodness they didn’t name him Mortimer!

Lazarus Sneak Peek!
AAM Markosia is excited to publicize the entire first issue of new series Lazarus: Immortal Coils...

Free Comic Book Day at GEM
Geppi’s Entertainment Museum was thrilled to participate in the 7th annual Free Comic Book Day...

Super-Style at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Comic Books have arrived!


Superstars        Celebrity Birthdays
Do you wonder how old Bono is? Or, when Katharine Hepburn was born?

Hopalong Cassidy Fan Club
Character loyalty is one of the prominent features of any collector. Not only that, the public in general remembers...

Charitable Auction for Chance to Meet Elton John, and More
Currently running on eBay is an auction through the Liberty Hill Foundation, of celebrity memorabilia, signed items...

Iron Man Reviewed
Warning! This article contains spoilers about the Iron Man movie...

Family Fun Day Charity in Pittsburgh
The 15th anniversary of the Pittsburgh Comicon was celebrated a few weeks ago drawing a big crowd with comic book stars...

Mike Mignola is Heading Back to Baltimore
Mike Mignola, Disney Atlantis: The Lost Empire artist and the creator of Hellboy, recently announced that he will...


Auctions/Prices        Bertoia Auctions Brings in $1.8 Million in April Open House Sale
German ark with over 200 animal passengers takes top lot honors at $36,800...

Noel Barrett Breaks $1.5 Million in Spring Auction
Led by a 64” Cigar Store Indian which brought $77,000, toys, trains, folk art and Americana combined...

Buck Rogers Rocket Sold for Over $2,000
A Marx Buck Rogers of the 25th Century tin wind-up Rocket Ship toy sold for $2,358.33 on eBay...

First Morphy Legend Coin Auction a Success!
The May 6, 2008 inaugural Morphy Legend Coin Auction resulted in huge success for the Geppi’s Entertainment Publishing & Auctions unit, including...

Incredible Incredible Hulk Sales on Pedigree Comics
Pedigree Comics, Inc had a very busy month in April buying and selling many CGC-certified books...

ComicLink Featured Auction Ends Monday!
It’s time to get your bids in! The current ComicLink Featured Focused Auction ends soon. There are over 1,800 lots of great vintage comics and original comic art listed...

Bidding Opens Soon for Vintage Collectables’ May Auction
A few weeks ago many awesome items were bought and sold at the New York Comic Con. Vintage Collectables procured...

Disney Animation Art in S/R Labs Spring Auction
Known as one of the primary sources for Disney animation art, S/R Labs has announced their Spring 2008 Auction...

Restored Superman #1 Sold for over $18,000
A CGC-certified, restored Superman #1, graded 5.5, realized $18,739 after 44 bids on eBay.

CGC Amazing Fantasy #15 7.5 Sells on ComicConnect
A CGC Amazing Fantasy #15 7.5 featuring the first appearance of Spider-Man has sold through ComicConnect.com for the price of...

Jewelry and Time Pieces Featured in May at Heritage
Spanning a time line from the early 1800s through the 1970’s and beyond, Heritage’s Spring Jewelry and Time Pieces...

1932 Krazy Kat Sunday Art in Next Cochran Auction
Russ Cochran is listing an original Krazy Kat Sunday page from 1932 by George Herriman in his upcoming auction...

Rare Hirschfeld Poster at EMoviePoster Auction
Posters from films such as Star Wars, Dick Tracy vs. Cueball, Broadway Rhythm, American Graffiti...

eBay Auction
This week in the wonderous world of eBay...

Mastro Breaks 8 Million in Spring Auction
When the event closed, the final total was $8,649,288. The total brought celebrations all...

Comic Art By George Herriman, Guy Peellaert, and More
Comic art is available to worldwide collectors by Galerie Laqua’s catalogs and website. Producing four catalogs a year...

Geppi’s Entertainment's Hake’s Americana Offers A Little Nostalgia
This week at Hake’s Americana the list of collectibles may seem smaller than usual, but the items being offered are unique, rare, and special...

CGC-Certified X-Men #1 8.5 Realized $12,629
A CGC-certified X-Men #1 8.5 with off white to white pages sold on eBay...

Doll and Toy Museum Inventory Auctioned by Old Town Auctions
"No Internet Sale" runs June 14-15, 2008, features fine French and German dolls and more...

Metropolis Ready To Pay Big Bucks
As the U.S. stock market becomes bear, Metropolis Collectibles is going bullish on buying keys and high grades...

Restored Captain Marvel Adventures #1 Sold for $3,800
A restored copy, CGC-certified Captain Marvel Adventures #1 7.5 with white pages sold...


Catch the Wave        Star Wars: Tusken Raider Mini-Bust
Survival is a constant battle in the wastelands of the desert planet Tatooine...

New Gods Action Figures
Comic book fandom was abuzz back in 1970 when it was announced that legendary artist Jack Kirby...

Muppets: Great Gonzo Photo Puppet
As the resident daredevil of Jim Henson’s Muppets, the Great Gonzo is...

Nighthawk Mini-Busts
Originally a villain when he debuted in Marvel Comics’ Avengers as a member of...


Did You Know?        Why are Charlie Brown and His Gang So Darn Popular?
Peanuts, written by Charles Schultz, goes down in Sunday funny page history as one of the finest and most influential comic strips ever created...

Scandalous Presidential Campaigns: An American Pastime?
On Tuesday, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama were anxiously awaiting the results of the Indiana and North Carolina primaries...

Magic: The Gathering 411
Do you ever feel like conquering opponents utilizing magical powers?

Who is Obadiah Stane?
Warning! This article contains spoilers pertaining to Iron Man, the movie.


The Main Event        LiveAuctioneers: Ready to Roll
LiveAuctioneers has announced they will launch their own independent bidding platform...


Mondo Media        The X-Files New Movie Trading Cards
Twentieth Century Fox Licensing & Merchandising and Inkworks recently announced a deal to make a premium trading card collection...

Limited Edition of War Games CD on Screen Archives
The soundtrack music from the classic 1980s film War Games has been released in a limited edition of...

Old Cardboard Issue #15, Spring 2008
The spring issue of Old Cardboard is currently available with insightful articles written for baseball card collectors...

The Triple Threat of Starship Troopers
Recently AAM/Markosia announced their plans to expand and go deeper in the Starship Troopers storyline...


Off the Presses        Youngblood #3
Writer Joe Casey and artist Derec Donovan continue their tour through...

Dock Walloper #4
The penultimate issue of this gangster-era mini-series...

Secret Invasion #1
It starts off with confusion and races from there...

Action Comics Annual #11
After a long delay, the conclusion to the story...

Giant-Size Avengers/Invaders #1
When writer-editor Roy Thomas started extending the continuity backward to the Timely comics of the Golden Age, it opened a whole new realm for many fans...

Avengers/Invaders #1
As usual, when Alex Ross and Jim Krueger team up, there's not much chance of being disappointed with ...

The Man With No Name #1
With the resurgence of the Western genre in full swing, The Man With No Name #1 marks the first appearance in comic book form...

The Best of Write Now!
Editor Danny Fingeroth’s Write Now! is a top notch magazine resource about writing for comics and related fields...


Savvy Sites        Inside the Suit
LG wants to send you on a mission...

Fake Stan Lee Blog
Described as “Stan’s Soapbox” this website discusses news in the comic industry...


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